DEPUTY DIRECTOR EOC
DEPUTY DIRECTOR EOC
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Job Description
New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) helps New Yorkers before during and after emergencies through preparedness education and response. NYCEM is responsible for coordinating citywide emergency planning and response for all types and scales of emergencies. We are staffed by more than 200 dedicated professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise including individuals assigned from other City agencies.
The Readiness Bureau prepares the City for emergencies through a continuous cycle of planning learning and exercising using a collaborative and forwardthinking approach. This includes the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Unit Exercises Unit and Learning & Development Unit.
The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Unit is responsible for leading programs that improve the Citys EOC functions and prepare NYCEM staff for their roles in activations. NYCEM oversees the running of the EOC as a central location for coordinating response efforts making timeofemergency decisions gathering and disseminating information and allocating and deploying resources.
The Deputy Director EOC is responsible for maintaining NYCEMs constant state of readiness for EOC activations. This includes creating activationfocused policies procedures and guidance materials and leading EOC readiness activities for NYCEM and partner staff. The Deputy Director EOC will routinely liaise with NYCEM partner agency and vendor stakeholders to build sustainable staff capacity for EOC activations expand skillbuilding opportunities for NYCEM and partner agency EOC staff identify improvements to EOC processes and systems and serve as primary pointofcontact for EOC policies and procedures.
**PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
The selected candidate will be assigned to an oncall Emergency Operations Center (EOC) team and will be expected to work nonbusiness hours during some emergencies. These nonbusiness hours include nights weekends holidays and extended week hours outside of a 9AM5PM schedule. The selected candidate will also participate in trainings to build skills and competencies in emergency response; will participate in drills and exercises associated with the oncall EOC team; and may volunteer to assist with Ready NY emergency preparedness presentations to external groups. EOC teams are on call for three weeks at a time with six weeks off in between.
This position is supported with grant funding through 8/31/2025 with the possibility of an extension.
years.
IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS JOB PLEASE SUBMIT A SEPARATE COVER LETTER IN THE ATTACHMENTS SECTION OF THE APPLICATION PORTAL.
PREFERRED SKILLS
The Deputy Director EOC will report to the Executive Director EOC and Exercises and will perform the following duties:
Manage NYCEMs oncall team operations and staff role assignments.
Create activation policies operational procedures and guidance materials for EOC staff.
Lead EOC role onboarding programs and oncall team staff orientations.
Develop and conduct EOC trainings for NYCEM and partner agency staff in coordination with Learning & Development Unit staff.
Support internal and interagency EOC exercises.
Coordinate EOC staffing in large emergencies with NYCEM City agency and surge staff personnel.
Support crossagency efforts to improve situation reporting processes systems and templates.
Supervise assigned EOC Unit staff.
Ideal candidates for the Deputy Director EOC position should have the following preferred skills:
Excellent organization project management and facilitation skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent crossfunctional collaboration skills
Significant experience working in an EOC
Significant experience leading multiple projects concurrently
Experience as a course instructor
Experience supervising staff parttime or fulltime
Experience working with contractor staff
Familiarity with NYC agency core competencies
Strong Microsoft 365 skills (Word Excel PowerPoint Teams SharePoint etc.)
High interest in emergency management and disaster response
**Studies have shown that women people of color and other underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they are able to perform every task in the job description. We are interested in finding the best candidate for the job and will consider any equivalent combination of knowledge skills education and experience to meet qualifications. If you are interested in applying we encourage you to think broadly about your background and skill set for the role.**
Qualifications :
1 . A fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and eight years satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the following: emergency management fire or police services public safety public health public administration urban planning engineering or another specialized area to which the appointment is to be made. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive managerial administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or
2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the areas listed in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above; or
3. A master s degree from an accredited college in emergency management public administration urban planning engineering economics political science the physical sciences or related field and three years of satisfactory fulltime professional experience in one or a combination of the areas described in 1 above including the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above; or
4. Education and/or experience equivalent to 1 2 or 3 above. However all candidates must have a fouryear high school diploma or its educational equivalent and the 18 months of executive managerial administrative or supervisory experience as described in 1 above.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
